One police officer remains in hospital after being injured in disturbances linked to a party to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher in Bristol last night. Chief Inspector Mark Jackson at Avon and Somerset Police said:

We were called to Chelsea Road, Easton at around 12.30am today.

Around 200 people had gathered to have a street party and refused police requests to peacefully disperse. Bottles and cans were thrown at officers, six of whom suffered injuries. One remains in hospital.

A police vehicle was damaged and one person was arrested for violent disorder. Some small bin fires were also started and the fire service also attended.

One woman, who gave her name as Claire, said: "That woman made my youth a misery. I think that she was to blame for most of the ills of society. And most of the things that poor people and ill people are now being blamed for were her fault."

As police watched on, people arrived clutching cans of lager and bottles of wine and shouting "she's dead!" Credit: PA

Another demonstrator said: "She started the whole neo-liberal madness we're all suffering from now.

"People in Brixton suffered. People in Brixton suffered directly because of her policies."